Due to Atlantic Basin disembarking changes (another ship is moored where we were to moor!) and low level of sign-ups, NMHA has reluctantly cancelled this June 10 trip. Full refunds for all participants. NMHA may run this or a similar event in the Fall.

MARCH 22, 2017: PUBLIC PRESENTATION-How to Enjoy the Navesink in 2017

Following all the headlines in 2016 about the Navesink pollution, much field research has yielded valuable information. Rik van Hemmen and others will share what is known and offer useful tips to enjoy the Navesink in 2017. More informationHERE.

FEBRUARY 22, 2017: PUBLIC PRESENTATION - Eastern Monmouth County Watershed.

Ms. Alexis Bowman, NJ Watershed Ambassador, will talk about the key role the watershed plays in human/nature interaction.

She will explain the current approach and the some of the pressing issues. The County cannot do everything itself - it requires the communities in the watershed to participate in in its health.

All local residents are invited to a Community Stakeholders Meeting at Bingham Hall, Rumson to hear from the Monmouth County/NJ Dept of Transportation Project Team about the issues around REPLACING the OCEANIC BRIDGE. More details HERE

The first duty of NMHA and the River Rangers Committee is to the safety and well-being of the children, and recent reports from the NJ DEP on Navesink River pollution and press reports on the stinging jelly fish are the cause of the cancellation of the 2016 program. NMHA hopes that these problems will be dealt with before the 2017 season.

JANUARY 14, 2015: Public PresentationThe Quaker Migration to Monmouth County: Why, When and How.

All sorts of people started to settle in Monmouth Counter after the April 8, 1665 signing of the Monmouth Patent by Gov. Nicolls of New York. This did "Give, confirm, and grant" the area we know as Monmouth County to twelve individuals with the requirement that they had to persuade "100 families at the least" to settle in the County.

This presentation will describe the Quaker migration on the 350th anniversary: why they were interested in coming, and how they got there. More information HERE.

In June 2014 NMHA commemorated the 350th anniversary of the first voyage of English settlers from Gravesend to Monmouth County by organizing the reenactment of that voyage by a replica of an early 17th Century sailing ship - the Onrust.

NMHA will also celebrate 2014 for the founding of the first permanent home ofNMHA at the historic Grover House, built circa 1730 by James Grover, grandson of one of the original twelve English settlers.

Public Presentation: In the Fall of 1664, just months after acquiring New Netherlands from the Dutch, the English Governor Richard Nicolls started an advertising campaign to attract settlers to New Jersey.

The proclamation “Conditions for New-planters in the Territories of his royal Highness, the Duke of York” laid out who could buy land and under what conditions. MoreHERE.

AUGUST 24:CANOEING at CHRIS' RIVER PLAZA MARINA

For families, adults and youth, this is your opportunity to experience whatRIVER RANGERSexperience!

Canoeing from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.All are welcome to paddle the Swimming River in colorful River Rangers canoes. NMHA will supply canoes, life vests and paddles for all. YOU bring hat, sunscreen, bug spray, and water. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the arrival for the first settlers in Monmouth County, the the ONRUST, a replica of 17th Century ship and typical of the ships that brought the first settlers to our area in 1664, will cruise to Highlands and into the Navesink.

PUBLIC ACCESS DAYS: Families! School students! Experience living history by visiting the ship. It's FREE!

Tom Gibson, a long-time member of NJ Friends and NMHA and an Adam Hyler skipper, will describe the Environmental Sail Program, the Adam Hyler, and the design and build process for the new garvey.More information

MARCH 22:Public Presentation: "Iceboating on the Navesink and the Hudson"

Prominent iceboaters will present their experiences at MBC in the morning and NSIBYC will offer tours of their facility and incredible memorabilia in the afternoon. More information.

On March 1st, the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club took its rebuilt ice yacht ROCKET onto the thick ice on the Hudson near Albany to join the Hudson River Ice yacht Club's ice yacht JACK FROST and many other historic wooden ice boats.Read a report here.

NJ CLEARWATER GARVEY NEWS

Tom's Winter Reading -- Three articles about the new garvey: Early Thoughts and Planning, Construction Pictures with narrative, and week by week construction Log. Do the Construction Pictures first, about an hours read with about 40 photos. -- Tom Gibson

New Jersey Friends of Clearwater and NMHA have sailed the Adam HylerOyster Garveyevery year since the early eighties.

The 2012 sailing season was uneventful and the 2013 season has not happened, and it has been decided that a NEW BOAT must be built as the existing hull is leaking and really difficult to fix. Discussions over designs will commence and you can visit this space for announcements.

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Weston Mill Dam Removal

on the Millstone River

The Raritan Riverkeeper has been part of a coalition of agencies and organizations working to restore historical fish migrations in the Raritan Basin since 2008. This is the forth dam removed; the Calco Dam in 2011, the Robert Street Dam in 2012, and the Nevius Street Dam in 2013 and now the Weston Mill Dam in August 2017.

The foundation of the Weston Mill dating from 1844 has been preserved and can be seen on the east bank of the Millstone River.

For 3 1/2 days the graceful and historic 17th Century replica of the Dutch sailing shipOnrust sailed into Highlands and the Navesink, beguiling everyone who saw her. She hosted over 500 visitors during two public access days in Fair Haven and Red Bank.

New Jersey plans to dump millions of tons of petroleum-contaminated soil onto a site near the Rahway River, and most of the decision makers seem to have conflicts of interest. Oh, and by the way, this area was totally immersed during super storm Sandy! Will it go ahead - you betcha! Read more

A Rare Meeting of the Giant Ice yachts on the Hudson last weekend

With 20 miles of ice at least one foot thick on the Hudson at Barrytown, The North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club took the Rocket to join many other antique ice yachts, including the only other giant, the Jack Frost.

Mr. Seldon's map of China was probably drawn by a Chinese cartographer in Java around 1610, when China was still the world’s biggest economy and Europeans longed to trade there. It views China from the South China Sea, not from the land, and is a trader's map showing merchants' routes though Asia. Read more.

Navesink Maritime Heritage Association is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving knowledge and appreciation of Monmouth County's maritime heritage through programs that teach wooden boat building and boat handling skills; through preserving the history of Monmouth County's wooden boat builders and other maritime history; and through the experiental on-the-water programs of River Rangers for middle school children and Sea Scout Ship Navesink for co-ed youth age 14-21.